Mark for the first time today. Its an impressive feat that only four other u. S. Listed companies share. That puts amazons market value as roughly 470 billion, about double that of walmart. Its more than 15 times the size of target. After hitting 1,000 a share, the stock pulled back just a bit, closing just shy of that mark at 996 a share. But it was enough to put amazons Ceo Jeff Bezos within striking distance of topping bill gates wealth to become the worlds richest man. Tonight, a look at how amazon got to where it is today. Reporter may 15, 1997. Amazon debuts on wall street. Shares were priced at 18 and closed at 23. 50, up 31 . Four years later, during the t dotcom bust, many Internet Companies fold, but amazon weathers the storm. Then came the growth. Amazon rolls out its amazon prime Membership Service and guaranteed shipping. Tens of thousands of people sign up in the first month. The following year, the launch of amazon web services, a secure Cloud Services platform for busin
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For september 5. One mployment figures, 5. 1 across the United States, 173,000 jobs created for august. If the Unemployment Rate is dropping, we want to hear from you in our next 45 minutes on if you are seeing a change in the job picture where you live, perhaps with you and your family, your neighborhood. Perhaps you dont see job creation at all. Tell us about the unemployment picture where you live. If you noticed a change specifically, 202 7488000 in the central time zone. In the mountain or pacific time zone. You can post on our twitter page, cspanwj. Us atn email journal cspan. Org. The statistics came out yesterday at about 8 30, taking a look at unemployment figures for august, 5. 1 . 173,000 jobs added for august as well. If you break it down by category, which the labor is about thees, it same for adult men and women, 4. 7 . For blacks, it is 9. 5 , hispanics, 6. 6 , asians, 3. 5 . Here to tell us about the figures and what they are mean what they mean is Victoria Stilwell. Sh
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